Proverbs 15:10
There is grievous correction for him that forsaketh the way; and he that hateth reproof shall die.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
In Context
Cross References
1 Kings 18:17And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him: 'Is it thou, thou troubler of Israel?'
1 Kings 22:8And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat: 'There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD, Micaiah the son of Imlah; but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.' And Jehoshaphat said: 'Let not the king say so.'
Psalms 50:17Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest My words behind thee.
Proverbs 5:12And say: 'How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
Proverbs 12:1Whoso loveth knowledge loveth correction; but he that is brutish hateth reproof.
Proverbs 23:35'They have struck me, and I felt it not, they have beaten me, and I knew it not; when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.'
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:10
9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord : but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness. This is a reason of what was said in the foregoing verse. 1. The sacrifices of the wicked are an abomination to God, not for want of some nice points of ceremony, but because their way, the whole course and tenour of their conversation, is wicked, and consequently an abomination to him. Sacrifices for sin were not accepted of those that resolved to go on in sin, and were to the highest degree abominable… Read the whole commentary →